Kenney, Smith, and the UCP are the symptom of a failure of Alberta’s entrenched political class to deal with the province’s deeper problems. This failure takes the form of demands that the Alberta state be given more power; that is, that those who have held power in the province going on forty years be given even more power. But nothing ever changes.
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Once again Manitobans find ourselves under tight lockdown rules in place for at least three weeks, as announced by Manitoba’s chief public health officer early Friday evening.
We’re told it’ll be temporary. A lockdown mainly of places where prolonged indoor close contacts happen in order to stem the tide of the variants of concern as the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the province.
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It appeared for a short time that we were nearing the end, that our numbers had plateaued, but the reality of COVID-19 is hammering its message home. It’s in control.
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The latest round of restrictions is affecting Manitoban families and businesses. Despite these collective efforts we are in a race between the variant and the vaccine, Premier Brian Palliser says about the closures.
Some support will be present for businesses, including restaurants.
A fourth round of the Manitoba Bridge Grant is coming to local businesses.
Pallister says a fourth $5,000 payment is being given to eligible businesses as soon as Friday that are affected by the latest wave of Public Health Orders. Restaurants will be given $7,000. This affects approximately 1,800 restaurants. We know the bills keep coming. we know that we can not possibly make up for the hardships that have devastated our country, world, but what we can do is offer significant financial support, Pallister says in a Monday-morning press conference.
Dr. Brent Roussin wants to see more COVID-19 vaccines in the province.
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The faces of Manitoba s COVID-19 response are sharing how the past year has gone, thanking others who helped along the way.
Dr. Brent Roussin
Manitoba s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Brent Roussin, is the most recognizable face of the COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba. Faithfully briefing the public on COVID-19 since January of 2020, Roussin s we are all in this together has been the soundtrack of Manitoba for the past year.
The doctor says it is difficult to sum up the past year. The pre-pandemic state seems like a lifetime ago to me and to other people, he says.
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HAD Wayne McWhirter, Don Plett and Rodney Baker spent any time as a reporter in a Canadian courtroom, they might have thought about this lesson before they decided to carve out their own tenets for a pandemic: “Not only must justice be done; it must also be seen to be done.”
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HAD Wayne McWhirter, Don Plett and Rodney Baker spent any time as a reporter in a Canadian courtroom, they might have thought about this lesson before they decided to carve out their own tenets for a pandemic: Not only must justice be done; it must also be seen to be done.